Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

"A most becoming wreath, my lady! - allow one of my young persons to put it on. There! You can now see how well it would become your ladyship!" / DM.

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George Du Maurier
1834-1896

"A most becoming wreath, my lady! - allow one of my young persons to put it on. There! You can now see how well it would become your ladyship!" / DM.

[London : s.n., 1870?]
wood engraving
image: 114 x 174 mm; sheet: 201 x 253 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1189
Notes
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, Feb. 12, 1870, p. 55.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Cartoon shows a shop where a beautiful young woman models a a hair wreath for a fat and elderly customer.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints